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1827
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Harrington provides a capsule review of the issues and legislation introduced and debated during the short session of the North Carolina General Assembly.
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1828
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North Carolina cities and towns employed diverse strategies in dealing with the effects of the recent recession.
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1829
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Appalachian State University student Hunter Schofield became the first student elected to the Boone Town Council. Schofield has ambitious, yet reasonable, plans to protect Boone's environmental character.
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1830
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North Carolina has seen a relocation of art pieces from museums and galleries to downtowns, parks, and other public gathering places. Such art is seen as a reflection of the identity of an area, and is available for the general public to view and assess
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1831
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The North Carolina League of Municipalities 1994 Annual Convention will convene in Asheville on October 16-18.
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1832
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North Carolina citizens in certain areas are bracing for the introduction of the \"rain tax,\" a fee to pay for EPA-mandated systems to handle storm-water runoff. The tax is the latest federal environmental mandate that local governments must implement.
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1952
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After the worst workplace safety disaster in state history, the 1991 Hamlet chicken plant fire, the General Assembly strengthened OSHA by passing stricter laws, hiring more inspectors, and levying a non-compliance penalty on local governments.
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1981
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When environmental protection and economic interests clash, environmentalists, regulators, and developers have used negotiation as a means of settling disputes.
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2107
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The Internet's NCINFO offers North Carolina's municipalities information on state and local governments. Using NCINFO, local government users can send low-cost communication through e-mail, receive data and reports, and hold group communication.
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2116
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Some things local government observers predict for North Carolina in 2005 include financially sound cities; a clean environment; expanded information networks; an older, more diverse population; and the Triad, Charlotte, and the Triangle coalescing.
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2117
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North Carolina's approach to safeguarding water quality is to divide the state into seventeen river basins. Water quality problems are then identified and appropriate strategies developed for their remediation
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2183
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Begun in 1980 as a project for the National Trust for Historic Preservation the North Carolina Main Street program has assisted cities like Tarboro, Mocksville, and Waynesville in revitalizing and preserving their central business districts.
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2184
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Opened February 1, 1995, the New Charlotte Convention Center is the largest public building project in state history. The center, with a price tag of $148 million, is among the nation's twenty largest in terms of total exhibit space.
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2185
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NC has the three healthiest major metropolitan areas in the nation: Research Triangle, Triad, and Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill. State annexation laws, the most progressive in the country since 1959, contribute greatly to this status.
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2238
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Laura K. White of Cary was named the 1994 North Carolina Conservation Educator of the Year for her work in developing the environmental education and natural history programs at Cary's Stevens Nature Center, located in Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve.
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